On Wednesday, at 10 a.m., in the Bronx, will take place the official ceremony of renaming the street on which occurred the brutal murder of 15-year-old Lisandro «Junior» Guzman-Felisa.
The city Council approved the renaming at the end of last year. In addition, at the corner of East 183rd street and Bathgate Avenue sign appears, reminiscent of the brutal massacre of a teenager.
15-year-old Guzman-Feliz was attacked by an armed group in June 2018. Thugs with knives and machetes pulled a guy from a bodega, where he tried to hide, and inflicted many wounds. After the attackers fled, he managed to reach the nearest hospital of St. Barnabas — but the teenager fell at the entrance and died. According to forensic experts, the cause of death of Junior was the stab wound to the neck. In his death, accused of twelve people.
The police believes that the murder of Junior was one of a series of violent attacks caused by the conflict between members of a Dominican gang called the Trinitarios. The brutal attack on the boy, captured by surveillance cameras caused a wave of indignation in society.
To combat criminal gangs have identified millions of dollars. Local authorities believe this led to positive changes in the Bronx.
«The murder of a Junior impacted thousands of lives. Renaming streets is a way to memorialize him,» said city Council member Ritchie Torres.
The store, whose owner refused to help the bleeding youth, was sold shortly after the incident. Now the new owners plan on re-opening, however their solution is not like many local residents, who wanted the space turned into a youth center or a Church. The mother of a Junior Leandro Feliz hopes that her son’s death will impact the public.
«Maybe people will remember this tragedy in the future will try to be better. It is terrible that society is so callous — no one helped my son after the attack,» she says.
